false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182294532m/1256379.jpg 1256379 2 <P>The Earth is now desperately vulnerable; so are we. This gift-priced-and-sized book contains original, stimulating mini-essays about what is going wrong with our planet and about the greatest challenge of our century: how to save the Earth for us all. It is pithy, yet intellectually credible well-referenced, wry, yet deadly serious. An all-new U.S. edition-the U.K. edition has sold over 40,000 copies!</P><P>Researched and written by an eminent British architect, James Bruges, <I>The Little Earth Book</I> is a clarion call to action, a mind-boggling collection of mini-essays on today's most important environmental concerns, from global warming and poisoned food to economic growth, Third World debt, genes and "superbugs." Undogmatic but sure-footed, the style is light, explaining complex issues with easy language, illustrations and cartoons. Ideas are developed chapter by chapter, yet each one stands alone. It is an easy browse-equally at home bedside, in the bathroom or in a briefcase.</P><P><I>The Little Earth Book</I> provides hope, with new ideas and examples of people swimming against the current, of bold ideas that work in practice. Did you know:</P><P><BU>If everyone adopted the Western lifestyle, we would need five earths to support us.<BR><BU>In 50 years the U.S. has-with intensive pesticide use, doubled the amount of crops lost to pests.<BR><BU>Environmental disasters have created more than 80 million refugees.</P><P>Packed with easy-to-digest information, James Bruges spells out, clearly, concisely and with alarming documentation just what we're up against and what must be done.</P><P>Presented in the same trim size as <I>50 Things You're Not Supposed To Know</I>, this book continues Disinformation's line of value-priced, impulse purchase books.</P><P>We will be working with environmental groups to launch <I>The Little Earth Book</I> on Earth Day 2004 (April 22nd) with a wave of publicity and advertising.</P> 1245173 1 4 2004 The Little Earth Book total:7|5:2|4:5|3:0|2:0|1:0| 7 30 17 0 5 0 false false Thu Nov 05 16:57:31 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 16:57:31 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 04 12:25:08 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 12:25:20 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Aug 19 21:58:15 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 21:58:15 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jul 12 19:44:52 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 19:44:52 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed May 13 16:25:38 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 16:25:38 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Apr 19 14:18:07 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 14:18:07 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Mar 31 02:39:55 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 02:39:55 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Mar 21 12:02:52 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 12:03:31 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Mar 10 18:22:20 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 18:22:20 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Feb 23 20:35:02 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 20:35:27 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jan 25 10:15:34 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 10:15:34 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Jan 04 12:17:14 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 12:17:14 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Oct 14 23:48:10 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 23:48:10 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Wed Oct 01 21:49:52 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 28 21:11:57 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 21:49:52 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Fri Sep 26 10:28:27 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 26 10:28:27 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri Jan 18 21:43:42 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 18 21:43:42 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Tue Jul 31 20:49:58 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 31 20:50:00 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1256379